DmC Devil May Cry kicks off FIFA 13 from UK chart top spot

The first major new full price release of 2013 has gone straight to number one, with Capcom’s DmC Devil May Cry topping both the individual and all formats charts. Despite a positive critical reception the game has been bedevilled by angry ‘fans’ upset at the direction of the reboot, and the game’s performance may have suffered as a result.

The new game sold only just over a third of what Devil May Cry 4 did during its launch in 2008, and that despite DmC having released on Tuesday – and so having a few extra days on the chart.

With no other major new releases last week the rest of the top 10 saw almost no change, despite sales of FIFA 13 dropping 40 per cent, Black Ops II down by 26 per cent, and Far Cry 3 down by 49 per cent. In fact being new DmC was the only game in the top 10 not to see a fall in sales, in what is traditionally always a quiet period of the year for games.

This Friday isn’t likely to see things get any more exciting either, with the only games due for release being ports such as The Avengers: Battle For Earth for Wii U, and DmC and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon for PC.

The week after though sees the slightly belated release of Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch, after which the rest of February quickly ramps up into a unseasonal games rush of new releases…